Visa Application timeline:
Visa type: Non-priority spouse visa
Application submitted: 23/02/2021
Documents uploaded: 24/02/2021
Biometrics enrolled in Lahore at: 27/02/2021
Email saying online application received and application is being prepared for consideration: 17/04/21
Email requesting for additional documents: 12/05/21 (Pay slips from September 2020, November 2020, January 2021 and February 2021 despite already being attached to our application)
Additional documents sent: 12/05/21
Non-straight forward email: 20/05/21
Sponsor contacted by UKVI for interview: 1/06/21 (employer was not contacted)
Emailed UKVI to escalate case: 15/06/21 - as they told me that a decision still has not been made.
Case escalated: on 18/06/21
Emailed UKVI again for application status: 28/06/21 - email received that a decision still hasn’t been made
Email received from Sheffield escalations: 30/06/21 - that they are currently “awaiting an assessment” and that they cannot provide any timescales when a decision will be made.
Contacted Local MP: 10/07/21 - Lucy Powell sent an email to Home Office regarding our application yet she has still not received a response.
Emailed UKVI again for application status: 24/07/21 - email received confirming that a decision has still not been made.
Called UKVI to re-escalate our case: 30/07/21 - case re-escalated as I was told a decision still has not been made.
Email from MP: 7/08/21 - Local MP received an email from Home Office stating that a decision has been made on 31/07/21 and that VAC has been contacted to release his passport on 2/08/21.
Contacted to collect passport: 10/08/21
Collected passport: 11/08/21
Alhamdulillah my husband received his visa today! The past 6 months have been so hard for us. May Allah make this process easy for everyone and their partners.
